{"product_id":"the-boy-from-boskovice","title":"The Boy from Boskovice","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWhat makes a good man bad? This is the extraordinary story of the author's father, a Holocaust survivor who left a trail of pain and secrets in his wake\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Aptos; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;\"\u003e‘\u003c\/span\u003eThe compelling story of a daughter's quest to find out the disturbing truth of who her father really was\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Aptos; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;\"\u003e’\u003c\/span\u003e Sarah Helm, author of \u003cem\u003eIf This is a Woman \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eVicky Unwin had always known her father – an erstwhile intelligence officer and respected United Nations diplomat – was Czech, but it was not until a stranger turned up on her doorstep that she discovered he was also Jewish.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSo began a quest to discover the truth about his past – one that perhaps would help answer the niggling doubts she had always had about her ‘perfect’ father. Finally persuading him to allow her to open a closely guarded cache of family books and papers, Vicky discovered the identity of her grandfather: the tormented author and diplomat Hermann Ungar, hugely controversial in both life and in death, who was a protégé and possible lover of Thomas Mann, and a friend of Berthold Brecht and Stefan Zweig. How much of her father’s child was Vicky – and how much of\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003ehis\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003efather’s child was\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003ehe\u003c\/i\u003e?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAs she works to uncover deeply buried family secrets, she finds herself slowly unpicking the lingering power of ‘survivors’ guilt’ on the generations that followed the Holocaust, and learns, via a deathbed confession, that she has a half-sister.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTogether, the sisters attempted to come to terms with what had made their father into the deeply flawed, complex, yet charismatic man he has always been, journeying together through grief and heartache towards forgiveness.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Aptos; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;\"\u003e‘\u003c\/span\u003eRiveting and true and beautifully written\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Aptos; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;\"\u003e’ \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAnnie Tempest \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Aptos; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;\"\u003e‘\u003c\/span\u003eAn intimate exploration of family – and the damage that can be passed from one generation to the next' \u003cstrong\u003eJo-Anne Richards, author of \u003cem\u003eThe Innocence of Roast Chicken\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e‘A fascinating, rich tale, which explores the infinite complexity of human nature when squeezed by the forces of history\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Aptos; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;\"\u003e’\u003c\/span\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eMichela Wrong, author of \u003cem\u003eDo Not Disturb\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch6\u003eHardback: 344pp\u003c\/h6\u003e\n\u003ch6\u003ePublished: Wilton Square (January 2021) \u003c\/h6\u003e\n\u003ch6\u003eISBN: 9781783529063\u003c\/h6\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Wilton Square","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54209193345351,"sku":null,"price":25.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0920\/3784\/1223\/files\/TheBoyfromBoskovice_Coverscreenshot.jpg?v=1782154291","url":"https:\/\/wiltonsquarebooks.com\/products\/the-boy-from-boskovice","provider":"Wilton Square","version":"1.0","type":"link"}